iPhone 4 explodes, burns man’s hand [video]

Competing smartphone platforms might be catching up to iOS when it comes to apps and UI styling — but can your Google phone do this? An iPhone 4 belonging to Omar Huartas allegedly blew up while his wife was holding it. According to Huertas’ video recount of the incident, the Apple smartphone became extremely hot while his wife held the device. The battery apparently swelled, dislodging the rear battery cover and catching fire. Huertas’ wife dropped the device on a table where it left visible burn marks. At some point during the fray, it also allegedly burned Huertas’ hand and expelled enough smoke that it set off his fire alarm. In a tweet to @ceoSteveJobs, a parody account on Twitter that Mr. Huertas may have thought to be real, Huertas writes, “my name omar huertas your iphone 4 blew up in my wife hand battery i spoke with apple i need something done loss data kids pic.” Huertas says he went to the Apple store to get a replacement phone, and it is unclear whether or not the affected handset is still in his possession. Hit the break for a bizarre video reenactment of the alleged incident.

On a serious note, im pretty sure this is just bs. I have never seen a phone in combust in real life…in a few movies sure, but never in the real world.

Joebutler85

Actually just to let you know this has happened in real life and not only that but it has also happened with past iPhone models. It is EXTREMELY rare but it has on occasion happened where the battery/batterycompartment explodes. This more than likely is a legitamate occurence.

http://MiniComplainer.com MiniComplainer.com

Good one!

Anonymous

Yeah, a Google phone could do that -_-
LiIon batterys can rupture, that’s just the way it is.

Anonymous

wtf? Double post instead of a reply?

Anonymous

This would never happen to a DROID.

NOTE: no one bring up the DROID 2 that did this from the fall.

KCRic

You talking about the one that ‘exploded’ and cut his ear? Yeah, that was proved to be bogus. We’ll see what happens with this one. iPhones don’t exactly have the reputation as the phone that doesn’t roast cars, houses, usb ports, and hands though.

http://caspan.com Caspan

So we got Android cuts ear, iPhone burns hand, I am waiting for the RIM one! Time to see how RIM can maim your body! wait I just set myself up for all kinds of comments! Oh well…..

Anonymous

That would be “cuts dicks”

Gmahanke

“User dies of natural causes during device reboot…”

http://caspan.com Caspan

LOL ok that was good!

sirpaul

Pretty sure the ‘explosion’ was really an idiot who dropped his phone then cut his ear with the broken glass. Then tried to make a quick buck from it.

Anonymous

DROID DOES

http://www.oshioshi.com oshioshi

“This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”
SONY – YOU SUCK ! BIG TIME !

WTF

So the phone is laying on the table on fire and manages to burn the guys hand?? The idiot shouldn’t have picked it up.

Also bgr. Worst YouTube video ever. Why link to a video that retarded?

http://twitter.com/therobcollings Rob Collings

That video should have been left out. A interesting story just became a joke.

http://www.youtube.com/jeromeo1980 Jeromeo

I thought this was supposed to be a video?
(Note: a video is not a photo slideshow)

http://twitter.com/Davva360 David Moore

My guess is he dropped it and is trying to get a free replacement.

Eric

That was my thinking as well.

https://me.yahoo.com/a/drtEc6IuyNrpOOAmK5utxSvGWxD4EA--#35860 M

at least he can get the battery out now

Michale11111

I’m not buying it. Sounds like a turd tale to me.

LookLively

That’s a problem.

Ay

Why does it seem to me that different covers are off in different shots? For example, look at the still, pick up an iphone, and you see that it seemingly is the front digitizer/faceplate that’s come off in that pic. Then in the video it shows the back cover off…

Is this my stupidity or some mad jedi mind tricks?

Anonymous

No, the video and pictures show front and back off in different sections. The most obvious tell is the fact that the headphone jack keeps switching sides for no apparent reason. Not saying it can’t happen, but the situation sure seems fishy. Especially since the front display assembly takes quite a bit of effort to disassemble, not something your average consumer would or could do.

VZiPhoner

Excellent mastery of English and grammar Omar.

guest

What’d you expect with a name like omar. Probably illegal anyways..

Anonymous

Nice. I know. All guys with Hispanic surnames are illegal. Oh shit, wait, I have a Spanish surname! Well, at least I don’t live in Arizona!

chilenoUSA

That is a f*cked up comment you a-hole! I am Hispanic, and I am a US Citizen. Chances are I speak better English and know more about this country than your dumb turd. These are the idiots that should be exhiled, rather than trying to deport illegal immigrants that are trying to make a living and would do anything to have valid residency credentials.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

I told you not to download the suicide bomber app.

Meanjavabean

Looks legit to me. Consistent views of the covers and battery. I don’t get the sense that this was doctored.

geex4

remove the video! please it makes the story look fake!

Dan-0

How did the back case surive the fire when the table didn’t?????? I Call BS

Anonymous

That’s a funny video!!! But, looks so fake (although, I believe the story) because of the added graphics. I thought we would see Hector’s (I mean, Omar’s) wife, thinking she was some Hot Mexican Hoochy’ Enchilada Mama, who could make Apple’s explode; no such luck.

Anyway, someone please tweet Hector information on English writing classes; I would but I don’t do Twitter, since it’s plagued with people who can not write English.

dwinsmith

Why is this news? This can happen with Lithium-Ion batteries and it’s a well known fact. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen an article about a Mercedes that caught fire. Oh, yea that’s because it happens and it should not reflect badly upon the company since it is out of their control. I could understand if this was a common occurrence, but unless it’s just a really slow news day this is bogus.

http://twitter.com/livingbasehead Shelton

He was holding it wrong

Cvckdb

As mike from jersey shore would say: now thats a situation

EngineerGA

He’s probably using one of those “dual fuel” batteries from Mexico that burn gasoline or propane to power your lantern or your iPhone.

Seriously though, this is retarded. Did this guy go to his wife’s workplace to get a camera to document his fake exploding phone like the Droid 2 guy did when he broke his and tried to scam his way to a new phone?

And to the faker – upload those pics to the cloud (or email them to yourself) before you trash your phone next time. LOL

http://caspan.com Caspan

No it’s the wood burning type!

Anonymous

This is NOT fake. Intelligence Teams from the Goofan (aka Apple Hater) Foundation have documented, for all certified members, millions of cases like this. We believe that 9 out of 10 iPhones have problems like this. So, that said, I refer to my earlier comment, this is the devil claiming its souls. Should have gone with Android. This would NEVER EVER happen with Android! The manufacturers are much higher quality than Apple.

Spotcheck

Fake and annoying video!

Nsantoya14

i thought i phones showed a pop up then turned off when they got too hot.. i guess that doesnt monitor the battery :D

Brian

Lol good point, and they do! Well, theyre at least supposed to have a power down function when too hot

http://caspan.com Caspan

I know most of you think this is fake but I think it is quite real.. If a battery malfunctions then they can swell quite large as any IT person could tell you that has had to remove an old battery from a UPS and the battery has swelled so bad you can get it from the case! A battery can supply an as much amperage as is being drawn from it and in the case of a short with little or no resistance heat can build quite quickly. Amperage can be provided but it is a matter of how long the battery can supply it for. With that said I can easily see it getting that hot until the plastics around it fail and reach their burning/melting point causing smoke.

This could happen to any battery manufacturer look at Sony and the recall they had to do! This just happened to happen to an iPhone but it really can happen to any device. It’s not that huge of a deal other then shit happens and you just happened to be the 1 out of a million that got to be holding it when it failed. It would have been a slow process over a few minutes giving lots of time to put the device in a sink or safe place before it got to a temperature that would burn human flesh. And if it burned the desk and this idiot decided to pick it up then that is just simple logic and the guy is dumb and should not hope to get a penny for his pain and suffering as it was self idiot induced. I am assuming Apple would give him a free one to show good PR.